The contact has never broken off since 2011
Steinheim - Manfred Fischer leafs through an illustrated book. In it you can see the gardens of an Indian hotel. According to their clothes, people of different nations have gathered. Fischer points to a photo and explains: "On this staircase there was the first meeting". His wife Hildegard sits with him on the terrace in her apartment in Steinheim - and Rajeena Pflug, her very special guest, is also there.
The Indian woman is a bit exhausted from the long journey from her homeland. Memories are still exchanged on the Montaga. Manfred Fischer's eyes sparkle as he tells of his trip. It was 2011 when he boarded the plane to Mumbai together with Axel Hammer, Robert Seinitz and Bernd Ehmann. For over 50 years, India's largest city has been Stuttgart's twinned city. Once a year Andreas Lapp organizes the wine festival "Stuttgart meets Mumbai" in Mumbai.
With their two harmonicas, a guitar and a baritone, the four Swabians were allowed to help shape the program through traditional folk music. "I was totally fascinated by the land and the people", Fischer enthuses about the former Bombay. Curious he had every opportunity to talk with locals sought. "Rajeena spoke German", which of course made the communication easier. In addition, Fischer was baffled by her name. "My wife's maiden name is also plow".
He soon learned that the Indian had German adoptive parents and spent her childhood in North Rhine-Westphalia. At the age of eleven, she moved with her parents to her home country, where she attended international schools and subsequently studied. "When I met Manfred, I was employed at the German Consulate," says the 49-year-old Rajeena Pflug in perfect German.